Domitian. As Caesar, AD 69-81. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.53 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck under Vespasian, AD 79, to 24 June. CAESAR AVG F DOMITIANVS COS VI, laureate head right / PRINCEPS IVVENTVTIS, Salus, draped, standing right, left leg crossed over right, resting arm on column, holding snake and feeding it from a patera. RIC II.1 1084 (Vespasian); RSC 384 corr. (Salus standing right, not left); BMCRE 265 (Vespasian); BN 237 (Vespasian). Attractive iridescent tone. EF.
Ex New York Sale LI (12 January 2021), lot 119.